Lynda Carter, who played Wonder Woman on television, speaks during a U.N. meeting to designate Wonder Woman as an "Honorary Ambassador for the Empowerment of Women and Girls," Friday, Oct. 21, 2016 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) ORG XMIT: XUNB101 less

Lynda Carter, who played Wonder Woman on television, speaks during a U.N. meeting to designate Wonder Woman as an "Honorary Ambassador for the Empowerment of Women and Girls," Friday, Oct. 21, 2016 at U.N. ... more

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FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2016 file photo, Lady Gaga arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. Lady Gaga is choosing the intimacy of dive bars over arenas to showcase songs from her new album, "Joanne." She'll appear at a handful of bars beginning this week as a nod to the album's "raw Americana" vibe and where she got her start, Gaga and tour partner Bud Light announced Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File) ORG XMIT: CAET335 less

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Carol Burnett in Los Angeles, Aug. 31, 2015. The variety show host will receive a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in January, and a new 22-DVD boxed set of The Carol Burnett Show has just been released. (Jake Michaels/The New York Times) -- STANDALONE IMAGE - A SELECTION OF PORTRAITS FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES FOR USE AS DESIRED IN ROUNDING UP 2015 -- ORG XMIT: NYTP011 less

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Wonder Woman lassoes U.N. honor

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The United Nations celebrated Wonder Woman's 75th birthday by naming the comic book character as its new Honorary Ambassador for the Empowerment of Woman and Girls, despite frustration from both inside and outside the world organization that the spot should go to a real — and less sexualized — woman.

The Friday ceremony, bringing together actress Lynda Carter, who played Wonder Woman in the 1970s, and Gal Gadot, who has taken on the role in a forthcoming film, was marred by some 50 U.N. staffers who turned their back to the stage, some with their fists in the air.

An online petition started by U.N. staffers asked the Secretary General reconsider the appointment. As of Friday afternoon, it had more than 1,000 signatures.

— Associated Press

Ruby slippers rescue draws clicks of cash

People are pledging lots of green to restore a pair of famous red slippers.

On Monday, the Smithsonian launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $300,000 to preserve its pair of the ruby slippers that whisked Dorothy back to Kansas at the end of "The Wizard of Oz." By Friday morning, the campaign had already raised $239,000. More than 4,390 people had backed the project.

The slippers have been one of the most beloved items at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History for more than 30 years. They were crafted almost 80 years ago by the MGM Studios prop department. Like most movie props, they weren't built to last.

This week, after days in which Dylan made no public mention of being named the latest Nobel laureate, close readers of his official website noticed a few words in an announcement about a new edition of his complete lyrics: "Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature."

It seemed an acknowledgment, and possibly a clue that Dylan, 75, would accept the honor — something that is usually not in doubt for Nobel winners. But it has become an open question given Dylan's silence on the issue, along with comments this week bySara Danius, the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, which bestows the award. Danius said that she did not know Dylan's plans because, although she had spoken to an intermediary, she had not spoken to the songwriter directly.

Lady Gaga returned to the New York City bar where she performed years ago as an unsigned act on the eve of her new album's release, singing rock and pop songs for an audience including Robert De Niro, Helen Mirren, die-hard fans and music industry insiders.

Gaga sang tracks from "Joanne," released Friday, at The Bitter End late Thursday, going from piano to guitar. She was backed by a band that included Mark Ronson, who produced the new album, and Hillary Lindsey, who co-wrote with Gaga.

The Grammy winner, who grew up in New York City, performed songs like "Million Reasons" and "Joanne," an homage to her aunt who died at 19 from lupus before Gaga was born (Joanne is the singer's middle name). After the performance inside the bar, Gaga performed outside for her feverish fans. She sang two more songs from the top of the bar's roof, even sitting down on the edge of the roof to belt out the lyrics as fans and residents cheered her on.

The Thursday show, also attended by Gaga's mother and father as well as Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer of the Comedy Central series "Broad City," was the second date on her Dive Bar Tour with Bud Light.

Carol Burnett fans: You'd be glad to have some more time together with this comedy legend, and she's likely headed back to series TV in a project Amy Poehler will executive produce.

Poehler publicist Lewis Kay and ABC have confirmed the project, a so-called "put pilot" deal for a multicamera sitcom.

Burnett, 83, has had a six-decade run on stage, in films and especially on television, where her "Carol Burnett" variety show aired for 11 seasons on CBS, wrapping in 1979. Burnett has won a total of six Emmys. Earlier this year, she was presented with the SAG Life Achievement Award.